Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) is now a $40 billion IT-outsourcing outfit. The company has reported Q2 earnings at $0.65 EPS versus Thomson Reuters estimates of $0.61; Revenues were up almost 30% at $1.5…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE: CP) Cut to Market Perform at Raymond James. CME Group Inc. (NYSE:…
Tower International, Inc. (NYSE: TOWR) is about to be public. The former Tower Automotive supplies welded assemblies, body structure stampings, frames, and other auto structures. Tower has also entered the utility-scale solar energy market,…
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) was one of our “Deep Value Tech Stocks” we recently screened as technology stocks with dirt cheap valuations. We had noted a prior interest with private equity before, but…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) may have more exposure than the rest of the money center banks due to its acquisition of Countrywide, and the spate of news about disclosure documents and representations…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with its Q3-2010 earnings report. The king of Internet search reported that earnings were $6.72 EPS but adjusted the figure was $7.64. It also posted $5.5 billion in…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has many winners and losers through time in its partnership suppliers. The announcement that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is going to begin selling the iPad along along with the…
It seems as though there are now more market rumors of which company wants to buy other companies and which company has many companies considering an acquisition of the target than there are real…
An expected 27,000 attendees are spending a few days in Los Angeles at the Solar Power International 2010 conference and exhibit. There are about 1,100 exhibitors, with a few unusual suspects sprinkled in. The…
The coal sector has enjoyed much of the same run that has been seen by other commodities of late. Coal companies and commodities companies are about to start reporting earnings and we wanted to…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report earnings right after the close of trading today. With fresh industry merger rumors abound, investors and traders alike will be paying very close attention to the…
Predicting oil prices a month from now is a risky business. Predicting oil prices a year from now is close to madness. Perhaps it is fairer to say that believing a prediction for oil…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Some of the most active stocks or largest moves seen in…
The Labor Department has two key reports out showing somewhat differing trends. The Producer Price Index, ow wholesale inflation, met Weekly Jobless Claims. Jobs are headed the wrong way and producer prices rose on…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Removed from TD’s Action Buy List but target raised to $105. Alkermes,…
The personal computer business is changing. In some ways the changes are better, but in many ways the changes are not good for the sector. Gartner Group’s Q3 preliminary data showed growth of about…
Conglomerates have enjoyed solid performance in 2010 and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report earnings on Friday morning. A market concern and a sector concern so far is that many companies…
Loose lips sink ships. Maybe mergers are not as secretive as discussing military secrets, but the world of M&A and private equity has some new buzz: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) is considering acquiring Yahoo!…
Some management teams know how to work the system better and to take advantage of opportunity in the land of junk bonds better than others. Take a look at the SIRIUS XM Radio Inc.…
If there is a sector under fire after insurance and banking, it is for-profit education. Shares of the for-profit universities and for-profit continuing education companies have seen their stock prices gutted. After today’s close…